In the case of State ex rel. Pool v. Sheffield Lake, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-1204, the Ohio Supreme Court held that the city made reasonable efforts to locate and produce requested public records when the city hired a third-party vendor to locate the records. In this case, the police officer argued that the city needed […]
In the case of Farris v. Mill Creek Metro. Park Dist., 2023-Ohio-1214, an appellate court held that cycling is a recreational activity for the purposes of R.C. 1533.181 or “recreational immunity”; as such, a park owes no duty to a cyclist who is injured on the park’s premises. In this case, the cyclist argued that […]
In the case of Cleveland v. Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Revision, 2023-Ohio-1198, an appellate court held that appeals from the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals (“BTA”) must include an assignment of errors pursuant to R.C. 5717.04. In this case, the tenant argued that the tenant did not have to include an assignment of errors from […]
In the case of Montgomery v. St. John’s United Church of Christ, 2023-Ohio-1168, an appellate court held that religious organizations are immune from claims of sexual harassment or hostile work environment based on the “ministerial exception” when a Consistory president acted in both the president’s official capacity and parishioner capacity. In this case, the employees […]
On April 6, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education issued a new proposed regulation on Title IX, as well as a related fact sheet. The proposed rule would affect the rights of transgender students to participate on athletic teams that align with their gender identity. Please note that is a proposal, which has not gone […]
Effective April 7, 2023, H.B. 45 allows a school district, community school, STEM school, or chartered nonpublic school to conduct a raffle to raise money for the school district or school without obtaining a bingo license. As an aside, R.C. 2915.01 defines a “raffle” as “a form of bingo in which the one or more […]